West Michigan doctor’s office hacked, doctors held for ransom

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. Hacked and held for ransom by a computer virus, a doctors office in Battle Creek was forced to close its doors after, doctors said, they refused to pay and their entire system was wiped out.Dr. William Scalf told Newschannel 3 ransomware locked up the system at Brookside ENT and Hearing Center and the hackers demanded $6,500 in exchange for a code to access the files.With no guarantee the code would unlock the files or the hackers wouldnt...